Week 6 - Spring Season

This week's box contained the following:

1. A bag of lettuce - this contains chick weed which is edible and quite nutritious. 
2. A bag of spinach
3. A large bag of green choi
4. A bag of red choi
5. A bunch of either collards or kale
6. Your choice of a bunch of mustard or a bunch of broccoli raab
7. A bunch of turnips
8. A bunch of radishes

Herbs include parsley, cilantro and a nice bunch of chives

Enjoy and keep thinking about drier weather.

Week 5 - Spring Season

Hi all -
Last week's weather was so favorable for planting that I didn't get around to posting about the box contents.  Here's this week's list:

1. A bunch of radishes - combination of Cherry Belle, Shunkyo (semi-long) and Hailstone.
2. A bunch of turnips - these are Hakurei.  They're a smaller turnip which grows quickly and is sweet.  Try them raw with a little salt.  Nathan eats them like an apple and can't get enough of them.  They're also good to add to stir frys - kind of like a water chestnut.
3. Arugula - red band
4. Spinach - bag
5. Swiss Chard - blue band
6. A large bunch of Kale - green band.  This includes some large stems.  If you saute them first for a while (add some water to steam) then add the leaves, the stems will soften and are tasty.  Some are too woody to eat but most are great.
7. Lettuce - leaf lettuce in a bag
8. Choi - some of this includes flowers - cut them and put them in a vase or eat them.  They're tasty and pretty.  You can sprinkle them into a salad for a nice burst of color.

Optional items will include parsley, thyme and sage.

April 6 - Spring Season Week 3

More tasty spring greens!

The box contains the following:

1. A bag of leaf lettuce
2. A bag of spinach
3. A large bunch of kale - either Lacinato, Red Russian or Siberian.  The Lacinato is darker green and smaller-leaved.  It takes a bit more time to cook than the other two varieties.
4. A bag of mache a/k/a corn salad - sprinkle this on your salad
5. A large bunch of chard
6. A bunch of radishes.  These are small but they're starting to bolt.  Saute the greens.  If there's a radish, enjoy it.  They were planted at the end of October and never sized up.  We should have "real" radishes in one to two weeks.
7. A bag of Asian greens
8. A bunch of mustard

On the table you'll find the options of thyme, parsley, sage, a little arugula and extra mustard.

Enjoy!